Qualification
The Guitar Center Music Foundation accepts grant applications throughout the year from 501(c)(3) organizations that offer music instruction programs to participants of any age. The applicant program must successfully enhance the state of music education in the United States.

<a href="http://www.guitarcentermusicfoundation.org/submit/index.cfm?sec=info">http://www.guitarcentermusicfoundation.org/submit/index.cfm?sec=info</a>

Saturday, April 28, 9 am ? 1 pm

Meeting location: Ward Park, 24th and Aspen Streets

Fairmount Tree Tenders, together with neighbors and others will plant 36 trees in this city neighborhood with community support. Volunteers are needed. All plantings are rain or shine. Wear sturdy shoes and clothes that can get dirty. Project organizers will provide gloves and tools. Large trees are 10 to 14 foot tall trees with soil ball that weigh 200+ lbs and are planted in 3-4 person teams. For more information, contact Roland Reed, Fairmountzoo@aol.com or (267) 252-9325

* LEARN through engaging workshops by nationally known presenters, including Cathy Berger Kaye, Jim Toole, Helen Stiff-Williams, and Tracy Harkins;
* CELEBRATE the remarkable work of Texas Project Ignition sites Medina Valley High School (a two-time finalist) and Shallowater High School (a three-time finalist and this year’s “Best of the Best”) through a special State Farm Project Ignition dinner;
* ENJOY a gala evening event at the stunning Texas State History Museum and the new Blanton Museum of Art; and
* CONNECT through invaluable networking opportunities with experts, colleagues, and friends.

For more information and to register on-line, visit the TxCSL website at http://www.txcsl.org/institute/index.php. (To take advantage of early bird rates, please register by April 30.) We hope to see you in June in Austin!

Visit http://www.pn2007.org to see the lineup of presenters and workshops, for information about the plenary panel and the inaugural PN film festival, and to register. Information about accomodations, community-based workshops, fundraising options and our collaboration with The Great Gumbo, ACD/ADPSR’s conference June 3-5 in Baton Rouge is also available.

For more information about Planners Network, visit http://www.plannersnetwork.org.

Hurricane Katrina exposed tremendous rifts over class, race and community, not just in New Orleans but throughout the United States and around the world. It also shook the very foundation of planning and governance, whose failures were broadcast in high definition to the global community. Yet the effort to dig out and rebuild has been marked by tremendous innovation and will on the part of local communities, despite continued abandonment at the federal level.

The 2007 Planners Network Conference will confront issues of race, class, injustice and the failures of planning, while seeking to learn from the work of community-based organizations, dedicated planners and local residents. Planners Network is an association of professionals, activists, academics, and students involved in physical, social, economic, and environmental planning in urban and rural areas, who promote fundamental change in our political and economic systems. The planning department at the University of New Orleans is the only accredited planning program in Louisiana, Mississippi or Arkansas, and has been extremely active in community-based planning efforts in the aftermath of the hurricanes.

? Would you like to be an inspiration to others?
? Do you have a great story to share about your days in college as a mom?

Here?s your opportunity to encourage other women with young children to go to college.

Family Care Solutions, Inc. is accepting short stories, essays, and testimonials from women who attended or are attending college with at least one child under the age-of-six. Selected stories will be included in a new book titled, ?Professor, Can I Bring My Baby to Class??

The book is expected to be released in the fall 2007. Deadline for submissions is June 15, 2007. For a book overview and guidelines go to http://www.familycaresolutions.org. Authors must submit a signed publishing agreement and information cover page with their short story.

If you have questions about this project, please email Ms. Sherrill Mosee at sherrill@familycaresolutions.org or call 215-228-0200.

This interactive institute will include presentations from the acclaimed California After school Service-Learning (CASSL) initiative about successful programs in urban and other environments, as well as emerging research about the impact of service-learning in after school settings. Participants will receive a copy of the book, Service-Learning in Afterschool Programs: Resources for Afterschool Educators, and use this resource to design a specific project for their own program. Project design will emphasize developing youth leadership skills and incorporating youth reflection in program evaluation. Participants will prepare service-learning projects for effective implementation in after school environments. To learn more, contact Lisa Whitmer at lisa@yscal.org.

This institute is designed to introduce K-12 educators to dynamic classroom tools and teaching strategies that bridge content standards, community involvement, environmental awareness, civic education, and hands-on experiential learning. The summer institute will create a solid foundation of service learning and build on foundation with an emphasis on urban and water issues. To learn more, contact Tash Mitchell or Ana Soler at tashmesia.mitchell@ef-den.org or ana.soler@ef-den.org.

This event will bring together community voices to discuss service-learning outreach and application techniques that will help students achieve excellence in urban settings. To learn more, visit http://www.nylc.org/ui or contact Bernard Gill at bgill@nylc.org

“EPICS” stands for Engineering Projects in Community Service. In the program, teams of undergraduates earn academic credit with multiyear, multidisciplinary projects that solve engineering and technology-based problems with community service and education organizations. This partnership provides many benefits to the students and the community alike. For example, EPICS teams have developed projects ranging from homelessness prevention to environmental protection to creating toys for children with disabilities.

http://epicsnational.ecn.purdue.edu/public/conferences/national_2007.php

2nd Annual Access to Knowledge Conference (A2K2)
Yale Information Society Project
April 27-29, 2007
Yale Law School
http://research.yale.edu/isp/eventsa2k2.html
REGISTRATION is still OPEN at https://wems.worldtek.com/yaleA2K2
A2K2 Open Wiki: http://research.yale.edu/isp/a2k/wiki/index.php/Yale_A2K2

The last several years have witnessed the coalescing of the Access to Knowledge (A2K) social movement that champions human rights, human development, and the public interest as the focal points of innovation and information policy.

The Yale Information Society Project’s (ISP) first A2K conference advanced our commitment to building a broad conceptual framework of Access to Knowledge that can foster powerful coalitions between diverse groups. The A2k conference brought together leading scholars and activists from all over the world to participate in the construction of an intellectual framework for access to knowledge. Full conference proceedings and foundational resources for Access to Knowledge are available at the Yale A2K conference wiki.

This year, on April 27th-29th 2007, the weekend of World Intellectual Property Day, the A2K2 conference promises be a pivotal event mobilizing the A2K coalition. Taking place between sessions of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in which the Development Agenda is being formalized, this gathering is an oportunity to help define the emerging vision of innovation and information policy. A2K2 will further build the coalition amongst institutions and stakeholders that crystallized at the first landmark conference, help set the agenda for A2K policy and advocacy, and deepen the understanding of the theoretical underpinnings of access to knowledge issues. The A2K2 conference program is focused around mobilizing different spheres of society: Industry, Civil Society, Governments, and Technologists. The policy panels focus on a diverse set of A2K issues and are oriented towards tangible legal and technological solutions and collaborative strategies for policy makers and individual institutions.

Co-sponsored by the University of Arizona Program in Integrative Medicine and Columbia University’s Rosenthal Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, the conference will take place May 14-16, 2007 in San Diego, CA at the Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel.

Nutrition and Health Conference – Featured Speakers – Tuesday, May 15 – 5:30-7:30 pm

The conference will present the latest research on the science of nutrition and will emphasize practical clinical applications for physicians, dietitians, nurses and other health professionals.

An outstanding faculty of internationally known scientific researchers, skilled clinicians, innovative chefs and best-selling authors will present on the interface between nutrition and healthful living. Topics will include the latest developments in nutritional health, research findings on the value of specific foods, and nutritional recommendations for specific conditions such as cardiovascular disease, eating disorders, cancer, diabetes, mental health, gluten sensitivity, pediatric obesity and pregnancy.

http://www.nutritionandhealthconf.org

To REGISTER: http://www.pdx.edu/cae/institute.html

SELECT SESSION TOPICS!
– Overview of Active Learning Strategies
– Discovering Pathways to Civic Engagement: the 21st Century Imperative for Universities and Communities
– Developing Learning Communities
– Assessment Strategies
– Developing a Curricular Plan
– Understanding Our Learners
– Documenting for Promotion
– Constructing Curriculum
– What is Service-Learning & How to Support It
– Building and Maintaining Partnerships
– Community-Based Research
– Students as Partners
– Failure with the Best Intentions
– Building Interdisciplinary Curricula

OTHER INSTITUTE ACTIVITIES:
Community-Based Site Visits
Willamette River Cruise
Reception with PSU President Daniel O. Bernstine

Please visit our website for updated information on sessions and institute FACULTY: http://www.pdx.edu/cae/institute.html

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Saturday, April 28, 9 am ? 1 pm

Meeting location: For Bella Vista, 9th and Bainbridge Streets; For Queen Village, the 300 block of Queen Street.

Local Tree Tender groups will plant 30 trees in Bella Vista & Queen Village in South Philadelphia with community support. Volunteers are needed. All plantings are rain or shine. Wear sturdy shoes and clothes that can get dirty. Project organizers will provide gloves and tools. Large trees are 10 to 14 foot tall trees with soil ball that weigh 200+ lbs and are planted in 3-4 person teams. For more information, contact Carla Puppin, cmpuppin@aol.com or (215) 592-7844

<a href="http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=13255&mode=VIEW">http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=13255&mode=VIEW</a>

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Additional Information on Eligibility:
Applicants must meet one of the following three requirements in order to qualify for funding under this grant program. 1. A health services/disparities researcher at a university or college offering a Ph.D. or Master’s Degree Program in one or more of the following disciplines: Allied Health Gerontology Health Care Administration Health Education Health Management Nursing Nutrition Pharmacology Public Health Public Policy Social Work; or 2. A member of a community-based health organization with a Hispanic health services research component; or 3. A member of a professional association focusing on Hispanic health services and health disparities issues.

<a href="http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=13349&mode=VIEW">http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=13349&mode=VIEW</a>

U.S. Department of Education
CFDA 84.184B

Original Closing Date for Applications:
May 23, 2007 Dates: Applications Available: April 11, 2007. Deadline
for Transmittal of Applications: May 23, 2007.

Purpose of Program: This program provides assistance to promote mentoring programs for children with greatest need that: (1) Assist these children in receiving support and guidance from a mentor; (2) improve the academic performance of the children; (3) improve interpersonal relationships between the children and their peers, teachers, other adults, and family members; (4) reduce the dropout rate of the children; and (5) reduce juvenile delinquency and involvement in gangs by the children.

Eligible Applicants

Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

<a href="http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=13477">http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=13477</a>

Health Education Instructor

The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society is seeking a Health Education Instructor responsible for teaching youth between the ages of 14 and 18yrs old the importance of healthy eating and living. Instructor would be required to carry out a six week health curriculum for 5-7 hours a week. Instructor could be asked to accompany students on field trips and other out door activities. Instructor will utilize their health expertise to ensure that students learn the basics of personal health and healthy eating and exercise. Health education background and experience teaching young students along with excellent interpersonal and problem solving skills is a plus.

All cover letters and resumes can be e-mail or faxed to Takkeem Morgan tmorgan@pennhort.org fax:215.988.8810

Since its founding in 1987, Need in Deed?s mission has been to work with students, teachers and community partners to prepare youth for civic responsibility and service to others. Our goal is to enable young people to become agents for change ? capable, contributing members of their community. We provide professional development services for teachers, giving them the skills and tools necessary for integrating service-learning with the academic curriculum. Our primary mechanism of delivery for this is the My Voice Teacher Network, a professional learning community comprised of current Network members and graduates (?Teacher Consultants?).

Job Description
Position: Professional Development Coordinator
Reports to: Professional Development Director

Overall responsibility: Support Teacher Consultants in implementing NID?s service-learning framework in their classrooms. Work with program staff to develop expanded professional development offerings and identify new fee-for-service opportunities.

Specific areas of responsibility:

? Broaden Teacher Consultants knowledge of service-learning theory and practice through a series of formal and informal professional development sessions;
? Provide technical assistance to Teacher Consultants conducting service-learning projects in Philadelphia public school classrooms, including connecting service-learning activities to the academic curriculum, and documenting projects;
? Direct and support Teacher Consultants in their roles as Network leaders and representatives;
? Maintain and update records on Teacher Consultant activities;
? Work with program staff to develop a continuum of professional development opportunities;
? Work with staff to identify fee-for-service professional development opportunities;
? Identify strategies for maintaining connection with teachers trained at fee-for-service workshops;
? Make recommendations for the future direction of the Teacher Network;
? Stay curr! ent with service learning literature and trends.

Desirable characteristics and areas of expertise:

? Experience training K-12 teachers, preferably in an urban setting;
? Experience teaching in public school classrooms, preferably in an urban setting;
? Experience conducting high quality service-learning projects with K-12 students, preferably in an urban setting;
? Excellent interpersonal skills (able to interact over phone, by email, and in person with various NID constituents, including teachers, students, administrators and community partners);
? Self-motivated (able to see tasks/projects through from start to finish; attention to detail is high priority);
? Organized (able to stay current with variable Teacher Network needs and maintain relevant records);
? Pro-active (able to anticipate tasks/needs and plan accordingly);
? Strong verbal communications and presentation skills (able to promote organization and its capabilities and to communicate essential information in timely matter to NID staff);
? Good written communications (able to compose basic letters, emails, documents and reports);
? Computer literate (familiarity with Macs, Word, Excel, Filemaker Pro, etc.);
? Desirable background could include: youth program development/management; knowledge of city?s human services/non-profit/ community networks/ professional learning communities;
? Master?s degree desirable.

Salary: high 40s (w/benefits), DOE.
Email resume to: kim@needindeed.org/ No calls, please.